A unique segment of the hepatitis B virus group A genotype identified in isolates from South Africa

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1719-1729

  Bowyer, Sheila M ^a   Van Staden, Louise ^b   Kew, Michael C ^b   Sim, John G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 0030822839     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-7-1719     Document Type: Article

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